# Mamoon Hamid

> Mamoon Hamid is a General Partner at Kleiner Perkins, the legendary Silicon Valley VC firm he helped resurrect from near-irrelevance after joining in 2017. A Pakistani-born, Frankfurt-raised engineer turned investor, he was the first outside investor in Slack, wrote the first Kleiner check into Figma (his first deal at the firm, before it had revenue), and led the Series A into Rippling - the largest early-stage check KP had ever written. His quiet, measured style belies an extraordinary track record: under his tenure, Kleiner has returned approximately $13 billion to LPs and raised over $6 billion in fresh capital, including a $3.5B fund announced in March 2026.

- **Role:** General Partner at Kleiner Perkins
- **Organizations:** Kleiner Perkins, Social Capital, U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (Chair), Kauffman Fellows (Class 11)
- **From:** Pakistan
- **Nationality:** Pakistani-American
- **Education:** B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, M.S. Engineering, Stanford University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Forbes Midas List 5 consecutive years beginning 2014 - among youngest members ever, First outside investor in Slack (acquired by Salesforce for $27.7B), Led Kleiner Perkins Series B into Figma with zero revenue - ~90x return at IPO

## Career timeline

- **1978** — Born in Pakistan; family later relocated to Frankfurt, Germany
- **~1993** — First job as data analyst at Deutsche Bank (Frankfurt)
- **~1997** — Graduated Purdue at age 19 with B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering
- **1997** — Moved to Silicon Valley to join Xilinx, a Kleiner Perkins-backed semiconductor company
- **~2003** — Left Xilinx to pursue MBA at Harvard Business School; wrote admission essay about following John Doerr's path to KP
- **2005** — Joined U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) as a venture capital associate; began Kauffman Fellowship under Chris Rust
- **2007** — Led investment in Yammer at USVP
- **2009** — Led investment in Box at USVP
- **2011** — Co-founded Social Capital alongside Chamath Palihapitiya and Ted Maidenberg
- **2013** — Led Series A investment in Slack - first outside investor; recognized 32x engagement advantage over Yammer
- **2012** — Led Series A investment in Intercom - closed within 24 hours of first meeting
- **2012** — Microsoft acquired Yammer for $1.2 billion
- **2013** — Invested in Greenhouse Software, Netskope
- **2014** — First appearance on Forbes Midas List
- **2017** — Departed Social Capital; helped raise $1M in one day after Trump travel ban to fund legal challenge
- **2017** — Joined Kleiner Perkins as General Partner (August) alongside Ilya Fushman, refocusing the firm on early-stage Series A investing
- **2017** — First KP deal: led $16-25M Series B into Figma with zero revenue (December)
- **2018** — Led Series A into Rippling - largest early-stage check KP had ever written ($25M)
- **2019** — Slack goes public via direct listing at $23.2B valuation
- **2020** — Received Outstanding ECE Award from Purdue University; Slack acquired by Salesforce for $27.7B
- **2021** — Kleiner Perkins raises $825M KP21 fund and $1.2B Select III fund
- **2024** — At StrictlyVC: noted more than 80% of pitches now involve AI; expands KP portfolio into Anthropic, Harvey, Glean
- **2026** — Fortune feature: 'Silicon Valley legend Kleiner Perkins was written off. Then an unlikely VC showed up'
- **2026** — Kleiner Perkins announces $3.5B new fund; total AUM under Hamid-Fushman era exceeds $6 billion

## Achievements

- Forbes Midas List 5 consecutive years beginning 2014 - among youngest members ever
- First outside investor in Slack (acquired by Salesforce for $27.7B)
- Led Kleiner Perkins Series B into Figma with zero revenue - ~90x return at IPO
- Led $25M Series A into Rippling at KP - largest early-stage check the firm had ever written
- Helped return approximately $13 billion to Kleiner Perkins limited partners since 2018
- Raised over $6 billion in new KP funds including $3.5B fund in 2026
- Co-founded Social Capital with Chamath Palihapitiya in 2011
- Led investment in Yammer (sold to Microsoft for $1.2B) and Box (NYSE IPO) at USVP
- Organized $1M fundraiser in one day to challenge Trump travel ban in 2017
- Purdue University Outstanding ECE Award (2020)
- Chairman of Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (Georgetown Law)
- Kauffman Fellow, Class 11
- CB Insights / NYT ranked #61 in Top 100 Venture Capitalists

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Kleiner Perkins announces $3.5B new fund, bringing total capital raised under Hamid-Fushman era to over $6 billion
- **2026-01** — Fortune publishes deep feature: 'Silicon Valley legend Kleiner Perkins was written off. Then an unlikely VC showed up' - covers Hamid's role in the KP turnaround
- **2025-12** — Active expansion of KP AI portfolio including investments in Anthropic, Harvey, Harmonic, and Safe Superintelligence (Ilya Sutskever)
- **2024-02** — At StrictlyVC event with Ilya Fushman, stated more than 80% of pitches now involve AI
- **2024-01** — Major 20VC podcast interview covering investing lessons from Figma, Slack, Rippling; AI value accrual and scaling laws debate

## Links

- Website: https://www.kleinerperkins.com/people/mamoon-hamid/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamoonha
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mamoonha
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamoon/

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Last updated: 2026-05-05